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			ARIGATO TOKYO. 05.16.09 WHILE LIVING IN TOKYO THIS SPRING I DECIDED THAT THE ONLY THING MISSING IN THIS CITY WITH EVERY VARIETY OF PENCIL CASE YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE, FAKE CHURCHES FOR WEDDINGS, & BARS WHERE YOU CAN PET CATS WAS ONLY MISSING ONE THING, A BIKE RIDE WITH INFLATABLE COSTUMES. TOKYO MAP photo by: Tomoaki Maeda

			YOYOYOGI We started in the great Yoyogi Park. photo by: Tomoaki Maeda

			photo by: Shin Yamuchi

			photo by: Tomoaki Maeda

			SIGNING IN I think we had about 60 riders..Too bad we didn't have enough suits! photo by: Tomoaki Maeda

			photo by: Tomoaki Maeda

			photo by: Jordan Cheung

			. photo by: Jordan Cheung

			photo by: Jordan Cheung

			THE LINE UP Getting ready to roll. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			PASSING THE PACK I guess this is a popular dog photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			SEE THE SIGN Bikes are coming! A new bike share program for Milano! photo by:Takafumi Kumano

			BELL A BICI Bikes sometimes make me think of candy and I want to eat them....these are italian made by Abici. photo by:Takafumi Kumano

			TOO CUTE reverse pennyfarthing from Abici. photo by:Takafumi Kumano

			THAT'S WHERE IT WENT!! what is inside? photo by: Tomoaki Maeda


			photo by: Tomoaki Maeda

			photo by: Tomoaki Maeda

			SUPER TOMODACHI Though we sometimes butted heads dear maki made a great effort to help me with with this ride - finding me routes and helpers. Thanks to her and so many more this ride was a lot of fun. photo by:Jessica Findley

			PUFFY GOODNESS Everyone of my rides there is a smiler. Someone who can't stop smiling and thanks me everytime they see me. Here she is :) smiles back at you. photo by:Jessica Findley


			photo by:Tomoaki Maeda

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			HELLO HARAJUKU Adding to the costumed masses photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica FIndley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jordan Cheung

			JINGU MAE from park to park we stop to regroup. This is where they started the Earth Day ride in Tokyo this year. photo by: Jessica Findley

			SWITCHEROO some people who wore costumes took this rest stop to let their friends try their costumes. photo by:Jessica Findley

			III DESU. This fella ditched his friends to get to the ride on time to get a suit. He didn't make it on time but he did luck out because another rider let him wear their suit. photo by:Tomoaki Maeda

			photo by: Tomoaki Maeda

			photo by: Jordan Cheung

			photo by:Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jordan Cheung

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			AOYAMA CEMETERY On my birthday I took a nap under the cherry trees here. People next to me were having a hanami picnic under the falling blossoms. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jordan Cheung

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			ENTERING AOYAMA This is Tokyo's 5th Avenue. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			VIDEOFIXICHIBAN Kenny rode fixie while shooting video. photo by: Jessica Findley

			LETS GO SHIBUYA down the hill lies insanity photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Takafumi Kumano

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Tomoaki Maeda

			photo by: Jordan Chueng

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Takafumi Kumano

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jordan Chueng

			ENTERING THE 6 WAY CROSSWALK This cross walk stops all cars and people cross the street directly accross as well as diagonally. photo by: Jessica Findley

			THE INNER CROSSWALK I got caught in the middle of the people crossing with these two looney birds. They got off their bikes and ran around wild and free, wooping like mad. I laughed so hard I cried. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			BEST HIGH 5 EVER I can't really even underdand how they got that far off the ground. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			PRETTY IN PINK I should have known his phone would also been pink. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jordan Cheung

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jordan Cheung

			photo by: Shin Yamauchi

			photo by: Shin Yamauchi

			photo by: Shin Yamauchi

			MADE IT TO THE END This guy was the only person to get a costume off the waiting list and his bike broke just at the end. Luckily he came prepared with this beautiful rainbow bag to take his bike onto the train. (You are not allowed bikes without a bag on the trains in Tokyo) photo by: Shin Yamauchi

			KAMPAI TOKYO! You reallymade a fun ride. photo by: Tomoaki Maeda

			COUSINS & I can't really even underdand how they got that far off the ground. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			FRAMES IN THE FRAME KInfolk sells bikes and beer. Sometimes they don't mix but in this case they truly do. photo by: Jessica Findley

			THE NEWLYWEDS Sayhello to Eli and Junko Chessen. photo by: Jessica Findley

			TEAM US Yay minasan! photo by: Tomoaki Maeda

DOMO ARIGATO to all who participated & helped. Thanks to Tomoko Ashikawa &Shin Yamauchi from Waitingroom Gallery for all thier help with translation! Thanks to Maki Hojo for her help organizing the route & helping lead. Thanks to our ride leaders, John Beullens, Jamie Dwer, Junko Seiyama Mari Hosokawa, Kousuke Matsuura Gunnar Hempal & Keizou Nara, Thanks to Mari Mukai for helping me to get a park permit that the office secretlydidn't give me. Thank you to Shizuka Kinoshita for her help transporting and organizing helmets from the Keio-kaku Velodrome with Gogo. Thanks to the photographers Jordan Cheung, Takafumi Kumano, Tomoaki Maeda, Shin Yamauchi and Jason Findley for loaning me his camera. Thanks to the videographers KennySumitani & Eli Chessen. Thanks to John Beullens from Kinfolk for providing us a party place after the ride. Last but not least thanks to every one of the riders for their participation. It was super fun & I was so glad you all came out!!